You know, a lot of people are loath to go to an orchestral concert because they are intimidated by the thought.

We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life.

You know, a lot of people are loath to go to an orchestral concert because they are intimidated by the thought.

I quite like post-apocalyptic films, things like 'Mad Max' for instance, because they are so full on and there is something quite cleansing about the post-apocalyptic because you can see where we all think we're heading.

Over the years, I've loved being on stage with an orchestra, waving my hands around.

Childhood in large parts of modern Britain, at any rate, has been replaced by premature adulthood, or rather adolescence

[There] is no class so dangerous as the idle educated.